Cigar-cutter



(No Model.)

T. B. KEIM.

CIGAR CUTTER.

No. 372,418. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

T. BEVERLEY KEIM, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA. l

CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,418, dated November 1, 1887.

Application filed May 16, 1887. Serial No. 238,341. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, T. BEVERLEY KEIM, of Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvementsin Cigar-Gutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a pocketinstrument for severing and retaining the tips of cigars; and it consists in a case hinged to open at will and containing two co operating blades, one of which is fixed and the other movable and spring-actuated, a rotary operating-spindle connected to the movable blade and provided with a stud, and a slotted sleeve through which the spindle passes and by which it may be locked to hold the blade down, and thus close the opening in the side of the case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 rep resents a side view of my instrument, the case being open to expose the internal parts to View. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on the line as m. Fig. 3 is a section of the sleeve, through which the knife-operating spindle passes, and by means of which it is locked down.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent a two-part case made of a flat circular form, resembling an ordinary watch-case, its two parts being hinged or otherwise united, so that they may be readily opened to discharge the tobacco from the interior. The side A is provided with acentral opening, a, for the insertion of the cigar-tip from the outside. \Vith-, in the body there is secured a block or frame, I), supporting a fiat cutting-blade, 0, one edge of which stands at the edge of the opening a.

61 represents a frame arranged to slide upward and downward in a suitable guide, (2, and provided at its lower edge with a blade, f, which may be carried across the opening and caused to cooperate with the opposing blade 0, to sever the cigar-tip. Two springs, y, secured to the inside of the case, bear beneath the edge of the frame d and tend to throw the same upward.

A sliding spindle, h, is attached at one end to the knife-carrying frame (I, and projected at the opposite end beyond the case, so that it may be readily depressed by the finger to cause the action of the blade. This spindle has its inner end swiveled to the frame, so that it may be revolved, and it is provided on one side with a stud or pin, a, which works in an L- shaped groove, 7c, in a stationary surrounding sleeve, 1. When the spindle is turned so that the stud stands in line with the vertical portion ofthe slot, the blade and spindle are thrown upward by the action of the springs, thereby uncovering the opening in the side of the case, so that the cigar-tips may be inserted. A downward blow causes the blade to sever the tip which is received within the case. The spindle being turned while in its depressed position, its stud enters the horizontal portion of the slot, whereby it is locked down and the blade kept in position over the said opening, so as to prevent the escape of the tobacco beneath it.

I am aware that various devices have heretofore been contrived for cutting the tips from cigars, and that in several of these devices a case or body with an opening in its side is combined with an internal blade and means for operating the same.

What I claim is- The hollow case or body constructed to open on one side and provided with the opening a, in combination with the stationary blade 0, the movable blade (Z, its guides e, the liftingsprings g, the rotary spindle h, swiveled to the movable blade and extending thence to the exterior of the case, the stud 'i on said spindle, and the sleeve 70, provided with the angular slot, as shown, whereby the spindle is enabled to perform the double duty of operating the blade and of locking the same in an inactive position to close the opening a.'

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 7th day of April, 1887, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

G. W. SEIP, S. J. ANCONA. 

